Who is 'Markal'?
Markal is Mark Edwards who lives in Mississippi – originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2003 after 23 years and decided to stay here in the warm gulf coast south along with my wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?
My last five years in the Air Force I designed and developed computer-based training. We used PhotoShop, Flash and even wrote code in HTML, so I guess I started in the late 90’s. My terragen work began in 2003.
Do you have traditional art experience?
No real art experience just the standard art classes in high school and college.
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What are you currently working on?
I’m working on a collaboration with a Bryce artist…he is making a ship for one of my space landscape images. Learning Terragen 2 and possibly Vue may be in the works soon.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
Software used is Terragen .9.43, PaintShopPro 7 and LunarCell. I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP. I was going to upgrade but, this very large screen HDTV deal fell into my lap so I had to upgrade my other love…. watching Blue-Ray movies…first. Hopefully I’ll upgrade to a quad 4 before the end of the year.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
One of my latest favorites is Rigel III. The foreground is a stone BMP overlay I applied in Terragen…. the shading and shadows were in-line with the sun angle and it worked very well. The only post work was the LunarCell moons and I think they also add a realistic touch. It still amazes me how computer graphics can make an imaginary place look so real and believable.
Why do you like to work with 3D software?
It’s a fun hobby for me and when I focus on the work it carries me away from the hustle and worries of this world.Â
Who/what inspires you?
All the wonderful artists here at ReRo are great inspirations. National Geographic Magazine, NASA and all the space missions has also influenced and inspired me. Of course our creator….Almighty God….the greatest artist of all.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
Not only comments but also other artists sharing their files have helped me grow artistically by leaps and bounds.
Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists?
I try to focus on what I love. I have a passion for Space Art so 99% of my work is Space art. Some may think I need to branch out and explore other areas but I say branch out to what….something I don’t love? Go with what you love and your rewards will be many.
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Comments (40)
Kattey
Nice picture and a story :)
choronr
You are doing some remarkable stuff Mark ...this is outstanding!
geirla
Nice picture and clever story!
NefariousDrO
I've already chipped in, but I still have to say it here: Nice work blending the ship in. Love what you did with it. Hope we get to work together again!
mikeerson
retirement... what's that? lol... A story and a ship. Nice. this looks like dust to dust... you gonna get into story telling? If you are and you bring up your pictures as backgroungs, you aught to name you planets... DUSTRIGHTUS... that's what I'd name this planet. DUST from yesterdays upload RIGHT US because it sounds like artist and it was right to make you artist of the month.... Just some ideas that went throught the head while viewing.
pakled
nowhere will you find a more wretched hive of scum and villany...;) likes it.
grafikeer
Great collaborative effort...like the composition,lighting and textures,and of course the great ship model!A very effective scifi scene...well done!!
OrphanedSoul
terrific image!
Darkwish
Remarkable work!
artgum
Excellent integration of the ship- nice collab!
DeathTwister
Oh wow simply awesome bro. OMG this is one hot image
elfguy
Nice work!
nosawayne
Awesome!!!
PaataLogic
Very Cool!!!!
LBAMagic
Fantastic work.
carlx
Outstanding sci-fi!!!
azrabella
Totally agree with Bob C's comments. Outstanding.
Porthos
Simply Awesome! Excellent work!
kasalin
Extraordinarily good !! Perfectly in everything !!
scifibabe Online Now!
Very cool scifi scene. Excellent color and lighting. Nice overall composition too. Great story to go with this picture. Lovely work.
me109
xlnt work from both of you. A markal terrain and a spaceship by NefariousDrO in one picture really makes a winning picture! :)
fractalinda
Exciting and excellent! Awesome!
Alex_NIKO
Cool work!
gerberc
Impressive! Excellent surface!
tetsu-pino
Great work!!!
Petra-S
wunderschöne Gestaltung
Art_Ramos
Excellent composition... reminds me of Serenity!
kanzler
Really great Terragen work and postwork!
Patapon
Excellent !
faroutsider
Another outstanding work of art. Great collaborative effort...